In Vivo Body Composition Studies
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Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely used for bone mineral measurements and is recently being used to measure soft tissue composition. In-vivo measurements are reproducible with excellent precision...
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Osteoporosis is a common problem after menopause. There are a number of methods to assess bone mass. Among them dual-energy X-ray absorpticmetry (DXA) is one with very low radiation and high precision1,2 but its ...
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Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is used widely for measurement of bone mass. With DXA, reproducibility is good (1–2%), radiation exposure is negligible (<5 mR) and test costs are acceptable. The validit...
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Using the technique of short interval sequential tetracycline labeling, it was documented that the apposition of mineralized bone matrix in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats was inhibited by hydrocortisone. The i...
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SINCE 1958 the caesium-137 body burden of persons living in Toronto who have no history of radioactive contamination apart from that present in the normal population has been measured regularly. When the last ...